To Busy To Write?

Remember the good ole days when you could sit down with a glass of your beverage of choice and just write until your fingers fell off? Remember how good it felt to just let the story flow without interruption and when you were finished you felt wrung out like a wet wash clothe? That was a great feeling because you knew the next day would bring about a new run of exciting, explosive writing. Hold on to that memory, cherish it and keep it in a safe place.



Oh the feelings brought about by writing never change and they never truly fade. That excitement and joy felt from an outpouring of words on a page is like a drug. The more you do it...the more you want to continue to do it. So why should you cherish those moments? As you move deeper into the world of publishing and establish the words published author behind your name things take a turn. What you thought you knew proves to be only the tip of a tremendous iceberg.Writing the novel is a lot of fun, finding a publisher or an agent is frustrating, the publishing process is interesting, and then you step through a large, ornate door into another world. One that is connected to the publishing world but different in many ways. The world of promotion and marketing. I've read and written a number of posts regarding promotion and I will not go don that road to far. It is here that your cherished memory will serve you best. It is here that you will look back and think, "I remember when I could sit down everyday of the week and just right."



If your not careful your world will turn before you know it. It will switch from 'writing and then do other things' to 'I need to do these other things so I can write.' This, in my opinion, is a mistake. In relation to these aspects of life writing should always be first. It is through writing that we continue to grow and build. But we just don't have the time right? I know what you're saying, I'm there right now. I was writing my fourth novel when the edits for Drago's Revenge arrived. I stopped writing to work on the edits, I mean there are deadlines attached to the edits but anyway, once I finished the edits for Drago's Revenge I received the galley for the paperback of Born of Blood. I was two thirds of the way through the galley when I received the edits for Demathia Rising which I am working on now. It has been a parade of edits and reviews. I'm not sure I can count that as writing though. The last time I actually worked on my novel was back in September.



Of course I plan to get back on it as soon as I finish my edits. During the edits and reviews I've been promoting my novels by doing guest post for blogs and interviews which, in a way, is writing but not the novel kind, you know what I mean. The bottom line, things can get busy for an author and you have to manage your time wisely but don't beat yourself up if you can't write everyday. This is especially true if you are working on your novels and building your ever growing, ever changing platform. It is part of the process that must be done. I would not push writing to the farthest reaches of your mind either.